The glass has beenfalling/rising(=showingachangetobad/goodweather)allday.今天气压一直在下降／上升。
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Idioms
the glass is half empty
the glass is half full
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
glass
verb
uk/ɡlɑːs/us/ɡlæs/
glassverb(ATTACK)
[T]
toattacksomeone with abrokenbottleor glass:
He wassentencedto twoyearsinjailfor glassing astudentin abar.
I got glassed in thefaceandneededtreatment.
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glassverb(SEARCH)
[IorT]US
tosearchbylookingthrough something such asbinoculars(= apairoftubeswith glasslensesat either end thatletyouseethingsfaraway moreclearly)orgunsights(= thepartof agunthat youlookthrough toaim):
When Jack glassed the barbed-wireenclosure, hisbinocularsmagnifiedthelegsof a manextendingfrom under atruck.
Between eachstepI glassed into thethickforestandrolledmyfingeracrossthecenterfocusingwheeltoadjustmyvision.
The infiltrating silicate melts interact with carbonates, resulting in the 'exotic' compositions of glasses found in some skarn xenoliths.
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Fragilities of liquids predicted from the random first order transition theory of glasses.
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Volume changes in cupping glasses and the air pump measured the power of this active elasticity.
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A metal bolt was fixed to the skull just above the beak to allow attachment of spectacles with filter glasses needed for stereoscopic stimulation.
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One uncorked bottle of extra dry wine, flanked by two wine glasses, rests on the center of a marble table.
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The user wears a pair of stereo liquid crystal shutter glasses and a six-degree-of-freedom head-tracking device.
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There were trays on which stood sherry glasses filled with water.
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Each experimental homonym pair appeared once in each set, in the order : letter, bow, bat, glasses.
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After several glasses of wine he confided to me that my lexicographic footnote had won the day for the boojum.
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The preparation of a meal involves many things - spoons, dishes, glasses, pitchers - and a certain facility in the use of those things.
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A relatively recent application of sintering is the production of high-quality glasses by means of what is known as the sol-gel technique.
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Before each session the quality of analyses was checked using certified minerals and glasses as reference standards.
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The total quantity of e might be a function of the temperature of the wine and of the number of glasses consumed.
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Because glasses are metastable solids, they can support a considerable mechanical stress, especially over short periods of time.
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An in-depth discussion of the technical details of the analytical treatment of spin glasses goes beyond the scope of this article.
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Collocationswithglass
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These are words often used in combination withglass.
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blown glass
Likeblownglassin an egg timer, the two sides of the town have expanded, but the constriction in the middle remains, becoming relatively worse.
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breaking glass
On two occasions the doctor's hand had been cut while breaking glass vials, but there was no documentation linking these events to the two patients.
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broken glass
Residents who did not illuminate their houses or accede to other crowd demands were fortunate ifbrokenglasswas the only damage they suffered.
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